Volume 6, Book 60, Number 357:
Narrated Aslam:
While Allah’s Apostle was proceeding at night during one of his journeys and ‘Umar bin Al-Khat –
tab was traveling beside him, ‘Umar asked him about something but Allah’s Apostle did not reply. He
asked again, but he did not reply, and then he asked (for the third time) but he did not reply. On that,
‘Umar bin Al-Khattab said to himself, “Thakilat Ummu ‘Umar (May ‘Umar’s mother lose her son)! I
asked Allah’s Apostle three times but he did not reply.” ‘Umar then said, “I made my camel run faster
and went ahead of the people, and I was afraid that some Qur’anic Verses might be revealed about
me. But before getting involved in any other matter. I heard somebody calling me. I said to myself, ‘I
fear that some Qur’anic Verses have been revealed about me,’ and so I went to Allah’s Apostle and
greeted him.
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He (Allah’s Apostle ) said, ‘Tonight a Sura has been revealed to me, and it is dearer to me than that
on which the sun rises (i.e. the world)’ Then he recited: “Verily, We have given you a manifest vic –
tory.” (48.1)
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 326:
Narrated Abu Dharr:
Once I was with the Prophet in the mosque at the time of sunset. The Prophet said, “O Abu Dharr!
Do you know where the sun sets?” I replied, “Allah and His Apostle know best.” He said, “It goes and
prostrates underneath (Allah’s) Throne; and that is Allah’s Statement:–
‘And the sun runs on its fixed course for a term (decreed). And that is the decree of All-Mighty, the
All-Knowing….’ (36.38)
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 327:
Narrated Abu Dharr:
I asked the Prophet about the Statement of Allah:–
‘And the sun runs on fixed course for a term (decreed), ‘ (36.38) He said, “Its course is underneath
“Allah’s Throne.” (Prostration of Sun trees, stars. mentioned in Qur’an and Hadith does not mean like
our prostration but it means that these objects are obedient to their Creator (Allah) and they obey for
what they have been created for).
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Volume 6, Book 60, Number 328:
Narrated Abdullah:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Nobody has the right to be better than (Jonah) bin Matta.”
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 329:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “He who says that I am better than Jonah bin Matta, tells a lie.’
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 330:
Narrated Al-Awwam:
I asked Muhajid regarding the prostration in Surat Sad. He said, “Ibn Abbas was asked the same
question and he said, ‘Those are they (the prophets) whom Allah had Guided. So follow their guid –
ance.” (6.90) Ibn ‘Abbas used to perform a prostration (on reading this Sura).
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 331:
Narrated Al-Awwam:
I asked Mujahid regarding the prostration in Surat Sad. He said, “I asked Ibn ‘Abbas, ‘What evid –
ence makes you prostrate?’ He said, “Don’t you recite:–‘And among his progeny, David and So –
lomon..(6.84). Those are they whom Allah had guided. So follow their guidance.’ (6.90) So David was
the one of those prophets whom Prophet (Muhammad) was ordered to follow. David prostrated, so
Allah’s Apostle (Muhammad) performed this prostration too.’
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 332:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Last night a demon from the Jinns came to me (or the Prophet said, a similar
sentence) to disturb my prayer, but Allah gave me the power to overcome him. I intended to tie him
to one of the pillars of the mosque till the morning so that all of you could see him, but then I re –
membered the Statement of my brother Solomon:–‘My Lord! Forgive me and bestow on me a king –
dom such as shall not belong to any other after me.’ (38.35) The narrator added: Then he (the Proph –
et) dismissed him, rejected. ‘Nor am I one of the pretenders (a person who pretends things which do
not exist).’ (38.86)
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